The latest offer is reported to be worth £30m plus add-ons, with the former Arsenal midfielder is contracted to the Blaugrana until 2016.

"My understanding is that [Manchester United's executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward] had a response and he spoke with them. I think we made a second offer but Ed is dealing with that personally, rather than me," Moyes told reporters in Tokyo.

"When you're interested in good players you want to give it every opportunity to materialise and I'll do that. I hope things can continue and move forward.

"At this moment in time I can only tell you that Ed Woodward is working hard trying to make the deals happen. We can only hope that some of them fall into place shortly."